Nigeria: Northern Bombing Highlights Toll on Residents
The bomb blast in the Borno State capital, Maiduguri, on January 14, 2014, illuminates the price citizens are paying in the intensifying unrest in northern Nigeria, Human Rights Watch said. The bombing, which appears to have been directed at local...
UN official urges African countries to ‘stop turning blind eye’ to suspected human rights violators
High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.
Egyptians Vote on Final Day of Constitutional Referendum
Egyptians are voting Wednesday on the final day of a two-day referendum to decide whether to adopt a new constitution supported by the military-backed interim government.
Syria: Donors Should Demand Access, Increase Aid
Nigeria: Anti-LGBT Law Threatens Basic Rights
The Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill signed into law on January 7, 2014, by President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria is a sweeping and dangerous piece of legislation, Human Rights Watch said. The law criminalizes public displays of affection between...
Key UN body can now hear complaints from children whose rights have been violated
Hunger looms in South Sudan as fighting threatens to disrupt agriculture, UN warns
Displaced civilians with some of their only possessions take refuge at UN House.
OSCE human rights chief again urges United States to close Guantanamo Detention Facility
Guantanamo
South Sudan: UN mission cites 'clear indications' death count much higher than early estimates
Civilians fleeing the fighting and seeking refuge, wait outside a compound of the UN Mission in Bor (...
Exodus adds to CAR crisis
Some 20,000 people have left CAR for Chad and many more are expected to follow.
